Freeway Ricky Ross (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Freeway Ricky Ross" in English language version.

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archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

"Freeway Rick Ross Becomes Boxing Advisor, Signs Five Fighters". Boxing Scene. January 6, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

bet.com (Global: 1,364^th place; English: 754^th place)

"American Gangster: 'Freeway' Ricky Ross". BET. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.
Diaz, Evelyn (October 9, 2014). "Exclusive Look at Michael K. Williams as Rick 'Freeway' Ross". BET. Black Entertainment Television. Retrieved March 16, 2023.

billboard.com (Global: 19^th place; English: 18^th place)

Ramirez, Erika (August 24, 2011). "VH1 Planet Rock History of Crack and Hip Hop". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.

biography.com (Global: 253^rd place; English: 220^th place)

"Ricky Ross Biography". Biography.com. pp. {page}. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2013.

bop.gov (Global: 2,721^st place; English: 1,673^rd place)

"Inmate Locator". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2013.

boxingscene.com (Global: 570^th place; English: 365^th place)

"Freeway Rick Ross Becomes Boxing Advisor, Signs Five Fighters". Boxing Scene. January 6, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022.

cheatsheet.com (Global: 1,620^th place; English: 983^rd place)

Jackson, Kourtnee (March 15, 2021). "'Snowfall': The Real-Life Inspiration Behind Franklin's Character". Showbiz Cheat Sheet. Retrieved September 15, 2022.

eastbaytimes.com (Global: 5,979^th place; English: 3,198^th place)

Johnson, Scott (January 16, 2011). "The return of "Freeway" Ricky Ross, the man behind a crack empire". East Bay Times. Archived from the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2021.

esquire.com (Global: 472^nd place; English: 340^th place)

Sager, Mike (September 25, 2013). "Say Hello to Rick Ross". Esquire. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
Pierce, Charles P. (June 18, 2013). "Gary Webb And The Limits Of Vindication". Esquire. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

forewordreviews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

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"Indie Fab Book of Year Freeway Rick Ross Nomination". IndieFab. April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
"Freeway Rick Ross is a 2014 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist". IndieFab. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.

genius.com (Global: 955^th place; English: 729^th place)

Lyrics of the song , accessed on 1 July 2025

hiphopdx.com (Global: 606^th place; English: 376^th place)

Harling, Danielle. "Freeway Rick Ross files lawsuit". Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2010.

hollywoodreporter.com (Global: 15^th place; English: 16^th place)

Gardner, Eriq (July 18, 2012). "Rick Ross Vs. Ricky "Freeway" Ross: Judge Rejects Warner Bros. Records' Motion to Dismiss". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013.
Gardner, Eriq (December 30, 2013). "'Freeway' Ricky Ross vs. Rick Ross: First Amendment Protects Hip-Hop Persona". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014.

justia.com (Global: 696^th place; English: 428^th place)

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Ross v. Roberts II, No. 10-56874 (9th Cir. June 26, 2012).

kcet.org (Global: 5,451^st place; English: 3,089^th place)

Kaplan, Erin Aubry (June 6, 2014). "L.A.'s Notorious Drug Dealer, 'Freeway' Rick Ross, is Moving On". KCET. Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

lasentinel.net (Global: 9,071^st place; English: 5,343^rd place)

D'Amour, Zon (June 27, 2014). "Rick Ross Book signing Event Recap". Los Angeles Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
Bihm, Jennifer (August 8, 2016). "Film Documenting L.A.'s Drug Era Nominated for Emmy". Los Angeles Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

latimes.com (Global: 22^nd place; English: 19^th place)

Rocha, Veronica; Mozino, Joe (October 23, 2015). "Former L.A. cocaine kingpin 'Freeway' Ricky Ross arrested in Sonoma County". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
Tobar, Hector (September 11, 1998). "Drug Lord's Life Sentence Overturned". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2024.

mtv.com (Global: 80^th place; English: 67^th place)

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"'Freeway' Rick Ross Will Take On Rick Ross In Court Early May". MTV Rapfix. February 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014.

nymag.com (Global: 346^th place; English: 229^th place)

Barshad, Amos (November 5, 2010). "The Drug Dealer Rick Ross Has Lost His Lawsuit Against the Rapper Rick Ross". New York. Archived from the original on December 29, 2011.

pbs.org (Global: 198^th place; English: 154^th place)

"Covert Connections?". PBS NewsHour. November 18, 1996. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2008.

rollingstone.com (Global: 47^th place; English: 38^th place)

"Judge Drops Rick Ross Name Lawsuit". Rolling Stone. March 30, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.

scholar.google.com (Global: 1,697^th place; English: 1,040^th place)

Ross v. Roberts II, 222 Cal.App.4th 677 (Cal. Ct. App. December 23, 2013).

sfgate.com (Global: 166^th place; English: 121^st place)

Williams, Kale (October 27, 2015). "'Freeway' Rick Ross blasts Highway 101 arrest as racial profiling". SFGATE. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

sfist.com (Global: low place; English: 7,646^th place)

Jack Morse (2015). Charges Dropped Against Former Crack Kingpin Pulled Over With $100K In Cash Archived November 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, SFist.com, October 26, 2015.

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"Dark Alliance: Library". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved December 14, 2013. A few years before, Ross became involved in cocaine sales, he was a player on his high school tennis team. A college scholarship was reneged once it was learned he couldn't read. The same day, he dropped out of high school his senior year weeks away from graduation.
Webb, Gary (August 19, 1996). "Shadowy origins of 'crack' epidemic". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997.

thedailybeast.com (Global: 330^th place; English: 222^nd place)

Levin, Marc (March 1, 2015). "A Drug Kingpin, the CIA, and Prisoners". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on March 2, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.

theurbandaily.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Johnson, Bill (July 6, 2010). "Freeway Ricky Ross' Lawsuit Against Rick Ross Thrown Out". The Urban Daily. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2010.

usdoj.gov (Global: 2,755^th place; English: 1,753^rd place)

"Law Enforcement Investigations of Ross". United States Department of Justice Archive. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2013.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

Leen, Jeff (October 17, 2014). "Gary Webb was no journalism hero, despite what 'Kill the Messenger' says". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 19, 2024.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Ricky Ross Biography". Biography.com. pp. {page}. Archived from the original on May 5, 2014. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
"Law Enforcement Investigations of Ross". United States Department of Justice Archive. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
Rocha, Veronica; Mozino, Joe (October 23, 2015). "Former L.A. cocaine kingpin 'Freeway' Ricky Ross arrested in Sonoma County". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
"Dark Alliance: Library". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997. Retrieved December 14, 2013. A few years before, Ross became involved in cocaine sales, he was a player on his high school tennis team. A college scholarship was reneged once it was learned he couldn't read. The same day, he dropped out of high school his senior year weeks away from graduation.
Webb, Gary (August 19, 1996). "Shadowy origins of 'crack' epidemic". San Jose Mercury News. Archived from the original on April 9, 1997.
Sager, Mike (September 25, 2013). "Say Hello to Rick Ross". Esquire. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
Johnson, Scott (January 16, 2011). "The return of "Freeway" Ricky Ross, the man behind a crack empire". East Bay Times. Archived from the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
Pierce, Charles P. (June 18, 2013). "Gary Webb And The Limits Of Vindication". Esquire. Archived from the original on December 23, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
"Inmate Locator". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
Jack Morse (2015). Charges Dropped Against Former Crack Kingpin Pulled Over With $100K In Cash Archived November 5, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, SFist.com, October 26, 2015.
"Covert Connections?". PBS NewsHour. November 18, 1996. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
Harling, Danielle. "Freeway Rick Ross files lawsuit". Archived from the original on January 3, 2014. Retrieved June 25, 2010.
"Judge Drops Rick Ross Name Lawsuit". Rolling Stone. March 30, 2012. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
Barshad, Amos (November 5, 2010). "The Drug Dealer Rick Ross Has Lost His Lawsuit Against the Rapper Rick Ross". New York. Archived from the original on December 29, 2011.
Johnson, Bill (July 6, 2010). "Freeway Ricky Ross' Lawsuit Against Rick Ross Thrown Out". The Urban Daily. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
"'Freeway' Rick Ross Will Take On Rick Ross In Court Early May". MTV Rapfix. February 29, 2012. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014.
Gardner, Eriq (July 18, 2012). "Rick Ross Vs. Ricky "Freeway" Ross: Judge Rejects Warner Bros. Records' Motion to Dismiss". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on January 27, 2013.
Gardner, Eriq (December 30, 2013). "'Freeway' Ricky Ross vs. Rick Ross: First Amendment Protects Hip-Hop Persona". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 9, 2014.
D'Amour, Zon (June 27, 2014). "Rick Ross Book signing Event Recap". Los Angeles Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 24, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
Kaplan, Erin Aubry (June 6, 2014). "L.A.'s Notorious Drug Dealer, 'Freeway' Rick Ross, is Moving On". KCET. Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2018.
"Indie Fab Book of Year Freeway Rick Ross Nomination". IndieFab. April 14, 2014. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
"Freeway Rick Ross is a 2014 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist". IndieFab. Archived from the original on April 4, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
"American Gangster: 'Freeway' Ricky Ross". BET. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.
Ramirez, Erika (August 24, 2011). "VH1 Planet Rock History of Crack and Hip Hop". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 29, 2013. Retrieved July 2, 2013.
Levin, Marc (March 1, 2015). "A Drug Kingpin, the CIA, and Prisoners". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on March 2, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
Bihm, Jennifer (August 8, 2016). "Film Documenting L.A.'s Drug Era Nominated for Emmy". Los Angeles Sentinel. Archived from the original on October 15, 2018. Retrieved November 11, 2018.

Freeway Ricky Ross (English Wikipedia)

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